Questions from Expert Groups

3rd period | 4th period


Kim
How old was Kim when her father died?

What was her father's job?

Where did they live?

Ana

What did Ana think was mysterious?

What does Ana like to do?

What else can Ana see from her window?


Wendell

What did Wendell help do with Kim's beans and why?

Why was Wendell scared when he got a phone call from Ana?

Why did Ana call Wendell?


Gonzalo

What country was he from?

Who did he "babysit" and why?

What grade was he in?


Leona

Why did Leona grow goldenrod?

Where did Leona grow up and with whom?

What does Leona notice in the garden and what does she try to do about it?


Sam


Virgil

What is in Virgil's locket?

What grade is Virgil in?

What did Virgil's dad borrow?

Sae Young


Curtis

Why did Lateesha break up with him?

Why did he grow tomatoes?

What did he change is name to instead of Ceps and Atlas?

Nora


Maricela

Why did she think that everyone hated her?


Why did she and her friends join the program at school?


Why did they work in the garden?

Amir


Florence

Where did Florence's great-grandparents walk to?

What street does Florence live on?

What did her dad call her grandparents?



4th period

Kim


Ana


Wendell
Where was Wendell from?

What seeds did he decide to plant?

What did he bring from work?

Gonzalo


Leona


Sam
What did Sam see that caught his attention?

What was the culture of the man that Sam hired? What did the man want to plant at first that Sam didn't agree on? What was the decision they made about what to plant?

Why did Sam hire someone to do the work in the garden for him? Why didn't he just do it himself?


Virgil


Sae Young

What caused Sae Young to stop liking people?

How did growing her plant in the garden change her character?

Why do you think that Sae Young liked people growing up?


Curtis
What did he put in front of the tomatoes and what did it say?


Nora


Maricela

How do you think Maricela changed as a person with the "Miracle of Life?"

What did she and 3 other girls that were pregnant get chosen to be in?

What type of plant did she see that made her think it was ok to have the baby?


Amir


Florence